Screen Culture and the Social Question, 1880-1914, KINtop 3 /

Public performances using the magic or optical lantern became a prominent part of the social fabric of the late 19th century. Drawing on a rich variety of primary sources, Screen Culture and the Social Question, 1880-1914 investigates how the magic lantern and cinematograph, used at public lectures,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crangle, Richard, 1961- (Editor ), Vogl-Bienek, Ludwig (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:KINtop studies in early cinema ; 3.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lantern slides > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Lantern slides > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Social problems in motion pictures.
Mass media and education > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Mass media and education > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / by Richard Crangle and Ludwig Vogl-Bienek
  • part I. Screen culture and the public sphere : raising awareness of the living conditions of the poor
  • The social impact of screen culture 1880-1914 / Martin Loiperdinger
  • The lantern and cinematograph for political persuasion before WWI: towards and introduction and typology / Stephen Bottomore
  • A lantern lecture: slum life and living conditions of the poor in fictional and documentary lantern slide sets / Ludwig Vogl-Bienek
  • "The poetry of poverty": the magic lantern and the ballads of George R. Sims / Joss Marsh and David Francis
  • The Jacob A. Riis collection: photographs for books and lantern lectures / Bonnie Yochelson
  • Early Christmas films in the tradition of the magic lantern / Caroline Henkes
  • part II. The use of lantern shows, photography and early films for social prevention by charity organisations
  • Feeding and entertaining the poor: salvation army lantern exhibitions combined with food distribution in Britain and Germany / Karen Eifler
  • "To assist in the pictorial teaching of Temperance": the use of the magic lantern in the band of hope / Annemarie McAllister
  • Health entrepreneurs: American screen practices in the 1910s / Marina Dahlquist
  • Education or entertainment? Early cinema as a social force in New York's immigrant Jewish community / Judith Thissen
  • Sentiment and science in Harvard University's Social Museum / Michelle Lamunière
  • part III. Approaches to the hidden history of screen culture
  • Engaging with the magic lantern's history / Frank Gray
  • Our magic lantern heritage: archiving a past medium that nearly never was / Ine van Dooren
  • The Lucerna magic lantern web resource / Richard Crangle
  • Afterword : how does it feel? Hidden histories and the elusive user experience / by Ian Christie.

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